'I like taking the guns early': Trump splits with Republicans in riveting gun-control meeting
2018-03-01 09:56:27 source：Business Insider
March 1, 2018
President Donald Trump held a freewheeling White House meeting on Wednesday to discuss various gun-control measures, at one point jabbing a Republican senator over his reluctance to support raising the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21 from 18.
"I think you're afraid of the NRA," Trump told Sen. Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania, arguing that raising the age limit — something the National Rifle Association opposes — was "something we have to think about."
"A lot of people are afraid to bring it up," Trump said. Some Democrats, including Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, smiled and nodded at Trump's remarks.
Toomey said his reservations stemmed from fears that such a regulation would punish the "vast majority" of 19- and 20-year-olds in his state who own rifles or shotguns and are "law-abiding citizens."
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